The next episode was at 25 weeks and lasted about 2 days. I wish I would have read something like this while I was in labor with her or would have understood before I went into labor. I have never read other birth stories from women who had consistent contractions that felt like regular Braxton hicks for days at a time and who had no change in the intensity until the transition stage of labor.

It was Sunday morning at that point and with contractions being still at about 7-10 minutes apart and painful as they were, church was skipped that day. I had my 39 week appointment today, and expressed my frustration at the kind of labor I was experiencing…I couldn’t understand the whole stop-and-go thing and couldn’t find a definition for it anywhere!

They repeatedly asked me if I had a headache or saw flashing lights, but I was so angry at this point, and asked if they are going to do anything for my pain because it had become so unbearable. Dans un face à face acéré entre une manager et son employée, Bartlett dissèque l’ingérence du monde du travail dans la vie privée des salariés.